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UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE.

. I. GOLDBERG, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CASH REGISTER.

Application filed June 21, 1920. Serial No. 390,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN M. Gonn- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

- This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and more particularly the type ing machine and particularly that .class of auditing machine shown and described in applicants pending application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 316,-

528, filed Aug. 11, 1919.

Considering, for instance, that the machine herein described is one of a group of machines used in a chain of stores and at the end of any given period, for example, at the close of each day, the perforated record strip.

from the machine in each store is sent to a central office wherein is installed an auditing machine of the type shown and described in the above mentioned application, Serial No.

316,528. The records from the various stores would then be run through the auditing machine and entered therein and then a single summary record for all stores, and representing the total days business, would be perforated by the auditing machine.

Therefore, it is not only an object of the present invention to prepare a perforated record strip but to have the items recorded on said strip classified to such an extent that they may be readily analyzed and entered in the audit' machine in their proper places.

Still ail d t her object of the present invention is to print certain characters on the regular record strip, opposite the amounts of the various items thereon, under the control of the classification mechanism which controls the perforated record strip, so that the proprietor or manager of each of the various stores may have, for his own benefit, the amounts on his personal detail strip classified to such an extent that the merchandise sold may be easily checked up.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification. 7

Of said drawings:

Figs. 1 and 1 together constitute a front elevation of the machine, the differential mechanism, actuators, and the cabinet therefor being removed, except a small portion of the cabinet bearing the classification inscriptrons.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the cam and arm for actuating the operating arms for the perforating punches.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1*, looking in the direction of. the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the mechanism for operating the impression hammer and aligning the type wheels which print on the perforated record strip and also shows one of the punch operating arms.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4, the punch operating arm being omitted.

F ig.'6 is a detail view of the mechanism for inking the type wheels which print on the perforated record strip.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view showing how the perforations are employed either in combination or alone to represent the digits.

Fig. 8 is a left hand elevation of themachine and illustrates the position of the perforated record strip carriage.

Fig.9 is a fragmentary view of the perforated record strip as prepared by the machine.

Fi 10 is a vertical section on line 10-10 of Flg. 1 looking in the directon of the ar- 105 Fi 12 is a vertical section on line 12-12 of Fig. 1*, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and illustrates particularly the motor releasing mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a detail View of the interlocking meohansm between the motor release key and perforated record strip carriage.

Fig. 14: is a fragmentary View looking from the back of the machine and shows the mechanism for operating the paper feed mechanism, the type aligning and inking mechanism and the punch operating arms.

Fig. 15 is a detail view of the type line which prints on the record strip shown in Fig. i

Fig. 16 is a vertical section on the dine 1616 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 17 is a detail view of one of theconsecutive numbering wheels and operating mechanism therefor.

Fig. 18 is a sectional view on line 1818 of Fig. 15, looking in the direction of the arrows, and also shows a portion of one of the operating segments.

Fig. 19 is a detail view of one of the classification type wheels shown in Fig. 15.

Fig. 20 is a Vertical section on the line 2020 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 21 is a detail view showing the means for manually operating the record strip tension rolls.

Fig. 22 is a detail view of the type line which prints on the prepared record strip.

Fig. 23 is a section on the line 23-23 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, and also shows the setting segments for the classification perforating slides.

Fig. 24 is a top view of the classification levers and illustrates the interlocking mechanism between certain of said levers.

Fig. 25 is a section on the line 25 25 of Fig. 20, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 26 is a detail view showing three ele vations of one of the amount slides.

Fig. 27 is a top'plan View of the perforating die and shows a part of the interlocking mechanism between the paper carriage and the motor release key.

Fig. 28 is a top View of a part of the paper carriage and illustrates the feeding mechanism, the receiving roll being shown in section.

Fig. 29 is an end view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 28, the Geneva cam and its operating means being removed.

Fig. 30 is a detail section on line 3030 of Fig. 29, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 31 is a detail section on line 313l Fig. 33 is a perspective view of one of the carriage supporting slides.

In general.

Described in general terms. the machine shown in the drawings is provided with a keyboard comprising five amount banks of keys and one bank of keys for registering the quantity of articles sold for each transaction. Differential mechanism under the control of the depressed keys is provided, said diiferential mechanism co-operating with the totalizer for registering therein the amounts of the various transactions. Under the control of the differential mechanism are the regular printing devices for printing the corresponding data of each transaction upon a record strip.

The general mechanism so far described is substantially the same as that illustrated in the above mentioned Cleal and Reinhard Patent N 0. 580,378, and also the above mentioned Carroll Patent No. 765,767.

As before stated, the machine herein disclosed is designed to produce a perforated record strip having records thereon classified to such an extent that they may be readily analyzed by and entered in an auditing machine described in the above mentioned application, Serial No. 316,528.

To produce the above mentioned record strip the machine herein disclosed is provided with a series of punches under the control of the above mentioned differential mechanism, which in turn is controlled by the depression of the keys in the Amount banks and the Quantity bank.

There is also provided another series of punches controlled by a special set of levers rojecting through long slots in the cabinet.

pposite these slots are classification inscriptions which tell the operator in what position to set the levers in order to classify the amount of any certain transaction.

(Jo-operating with these levers is mechanism for setting a special series of type wheels, mounted on the regular type line at the right hand end of the machine (Fig. 1 whereby the printed detail strip may receive impressions of characters which classify the amount printed in the same line. This classification, in the preferred form, gives the manager the class of goods, the cashier on duty, the kind of transaction, and the clerk who made the sale.

Perforated detail record.

The detail record as it appears after being taken from the machine is shown in Fig. 9, except that the lines appearing thereon may be omitted, since they serve no function except to aid in visually locating the control points. It will he noted that'the sheet is provided with ten columns of perforations on the right hand side, and ten on the left hand side. Between these is an additional space equal in width to the width of two columns. An additional column of perforations appears in the left side of this space, the other side being blank.

Each of the columns of perforations constituting the right hand set controls one group of totalizers in the auditing machine and the combinations of perforations appearing in the columns determine the particular totalizer to be selected. The number of these columns therefore must be equal to the number of groups of totalizers in the auditing machine. In the machine shown in the above mentioned application, Serial No- 316,528, there are ten groups of totalizers, and therefore, there are ten columns in the control sheet. If a less number of groups of totalizers were used, a number of columns would be made by the machine herein described to agree therewith; if a greater number were used the number of columns would have to be increased in accordance therewith. In any case the number of columns in the record sheet produced by the machine herein described must be equal to the number of groups of totalizers in the above 7 mentioned auditing machine.

Th perforations in the temcolumns. on the left hand side of the sheetcontrol the mechanism which actuates the denominational elements of the totalizers; that is, they control the amounts to be entered upon the denominational elements of the totalizers which have been selected by the perforations in the right hand column. There must, therefore, be upon this side of the sheet as many columns of perforations as there are denominational elements in the totalizers. In the above mentioned auditing machine each totalizer is provided with ten elements. There are therefore ten columns of perforations on a sheet. Should the totalizers be provided with a less number of totalizer elements a corresponding smaller number of columns of perforations would be made in th record strip. If, on the other hand, the totalizers in the auditing machine should have a greater number of totalizer elements a correspondingly greater number of columns would be employed. It is thus seen that the columns on the right hand side of the sheet select the totalizers in the auditing machine upon which the entries are to be made, while the perforations in the columns on the left hand side of the sheet determine the numerical quantities which are to be entered on the totalizers which. have been selected.

Since ten groups of totalizers are provided in the above mentioned auditing machine, it is possible in any given case to select as many as ten totalizers for the simultaneous entry of the same data, but not more than ten totalizers.

The additional column of perforations lying adjacent the left hand set of columns is used solely for control purposes and does not in any way enter into the computations of the machine. The blank space lying between the two sets of columns is likewise used for certain control purposes in connection with preparing summary strips by the auditing machine as described in the above mentioned application, Serial No. 316,528. g

In Fig. 9 the various columns are provided with legends which illustrate how the data is classified on the record strip prepared by the machine herein described. These legends however, are illustrative only, various other arrangements and classifications may be used, depending upon the needs of the situation.

The numerical quantities, and the classification thereof may both vary. As supplied to commercial enterprises, such as those referred to above, the numerical amounts will most frequently be dollars and cents and the classification will be as to goods, clerks, kinds of transactions, etc. However, the numerical amounts may be other matter. Some of the columns may be set aside for dollars and cents and other 'columns for other information. In the illustration (Fig. 9) the three columns on the left hand side have been used to indicate the quantity of articles entering into the transactions; columns 4 to 8 inclusive have been used to represent dollars, while columns 9 and 10 indicate cents. It will be noted that the perforations in the first two columns on the left hand side are identical all the way down the strip and by referring to Fig. 7 it will be seen that these perforations represent zero. The perforations in the third column vary and according to the system of perforations used represent the digits as printed in this column. The rea-. son for the first two being zero is so that nothing shall be added upon the corresponding totalizer elements of the-auditing ma chine, which elements are for the purpose of taking care of the overflow from the units totalizer element of the quantity totalizer in the auditing machine. The fourth and fifth rows, which, as stated above, are the highest denominational elements of the amounts, also receive perforations representing zero for the samereason that the first two columns .of the quantity columns are perforated with zero erforations.

As to the classifications in the illustration shown, those totalizers from 00 to 59 inclusive, in the auditing machine have ing machine have been set aside for cash- .been set aside for the classes of goods, and

iers, and therefore, column 7 from the right is for the purpose of classifying the cashiers. The totalizers between 7 0 and 7 9 in the auditing machine have been set aside for the transactions such as Cash, Charge, C. O. D), C. O. A., etc. Therefore the eighth column from the right is set aside for these classifications. The totalizers to 99 of the auditing machine are set aside for the clerks who conduct the various transactions, 7 and therefore, the ninth and tenth columns, counting from the right, are set aside to register the clerk who conducted the transactions. In these two columns, 9 and 10, certain letters will be found. These letters are clerks initials. The lettering is arbitrary and any method of lettering may be used. In this art, however, it has become customary to designate the clerks by letters, and therefore, the printing wheels which print in these two columns are provided with letters in the usual way.

In the eighth column from the right, that is the transaction column, will be found special letters. The star or asterisk is used to indicate cash sales, the legend S. O. A. sold on approval, and C. O. D. .collect on delivery.

The numbers appearing at various points on the six right hand columns indicate the number of the totalizer in the above mentioned auditing machine which' is to receive the accumulation of the amount of the transaction.

The sheet will perhaps be better understood by describing in detail all of the perforations and all of the data pertaining to some particular transaction. For this purpose the transaction at the top of the sheet will be taken. Since four perforations are required to completely control the selection of the ten digits, each transaction is to be considered as represented by four horizontal rows of perforations taken together and considered as a unit. The details of the several transactions are printed in Arabic numerals, so that it is possible for one not familiar with the combinations of perforations to at once readily interpret any given transaction. However, for mechanical reasons the printed interpretation of any particular transaction does not lie immediately adjacent the perforations of that transaction, but as herein shown is displayed two spaces ahead of the transaction which it interprets so that the data printed below the third transaction on the sheet (Fig. 9) is the interpretation of the first transaction represented by the first four horizontal rows of perforations; and the second line of printed data is the interpretation of the second transaction, asrepresented by the second group of four horizontal rows of perforations, etc.,

down the sheet.

In the example shown in the drawings and beginning at the left hand side of the sheet, it will be noticed that the perforations in the first column lie one in the first space and one in the fourth; these, accordmg to the diagram (Fig. 7) indicate 0; but the 0 is not printed in the interpretation. In the second column the holes are arranged in the same position as in the first. They also indicate 0; but here again the 0 is not printed in the interpretation. In the third column a single perforation lies in the third space; this accordmg to the diagram, (Fig. 7 and the notation on the sheet, indicates 8; and 8 i is shown printed in this position in the interpretation. In the fourth and fifth columns perforations are again found in the first space and in the fourth, which in both.

cases indicate 0 but here 0 is not printed in the interpretation. The perforations in the sixth, seventh and eighth columns also represent 0 but these are shown printed in the interpretation. In the ninth column perforations appear in the first and third spaces which, according to the diagram (Fig. 7) represent 2; and 2 is shown printed in this column in the interpretation. In the tenth column, perforations appear in the third and fourth spaces, which, according to the diagram (Fig. 7) represent 5 and 5 is shown printed in this column in the interpretation of this transaction.

The reason for not printing in the 0- columns 1, 2, 4 and 5 is that provision must T be made for supplemental or carry over elements in the totalizer of the auditing machine, as previously stated; and if all positions were used in the detail record there would be no extra totalizer elements for this purpose. Therefore, in the detail record all of the positions set aside for quantities and all set aside for dollars have not been used. Those positions that are not used have 0? perforations merely to control the elements of the auditing machine so that nothing should be added to these elements.

Further, following this transaction and considering now the perforations on the right hand side of the sheet, that is, the perforations controlling the selecting of the totalizers and beginning with the column at the left, it will be seen that no perforations appear in this column. Since all totalizers in the auditing machine controlled by this column are found between and 99, the absence of perforations means that the clerk conductin the transaction had a number not falling within this group. In the second column perforations occur in the second and fourth spaces. These perforations stand for 1 which means that clerk '1 in group 9, that is, clerk No. 81, made the sale. But in this art it has been customary to refer to clerks by letters instead of numbers. This custom is followed. All clerks between 89 and 89 are known as A clerks, while those between 90 and 99 are known as B clerks. The A clerks and B clerks are distinguished from each other by means of numerals as A i), A 1, A 2, etc., to A 9., and .B .07, 13 1, etc., to B 9. In the third column, still counting from the left, perforations are found in the first and fourth spaces, which accordin to the diagram (Fig. 7) mean 0. T is group of totalizers 70 to 79 in the auditing machine has been set aside for the transactions. This means, therefore, that the transaction was of the kind to be entered on the 0 totalizer of group 7 or the totalizer 70 of the auditing machine. In the interpretation of the transaction the designation is a star. This in the art has come to mean Cash so that in this instance the transaction was for cash. But the goods might have been sold on ap roval S. Q. A. or collect on delivery C. D, or some other condition as indicated by data on the transaction. In column 4 holes appear in the second and third positions, which according to the diagram (Fig. 7) indicate 4. This means that the transaction was supervised by the cashier 4 of the group 60 to 69 set apart for the cashiers or the cashier whose totalizer in the auditing machine is No. 64. But, cashiers like clerks are sometimes designated by lettersinstead of numbers and are here designated by the letter C together with the number. In this case i the cashier was No. 4, and the designation is therefore G l. The fifth col "na counting from the left, is blank, as are also columns 6, 7, 8 and 9. This means that the class of goods to which the article sold belonged did not fall within any of the groups of totalizers of the auditing machine controlled by these columns. But perforations a pear in the last column in the second an fourth positions, which indicate 1. The goods therefore belonged to class 1. The interpretation of the whole first transaction, is that eight articles were sold for $0.25; and that the sale was made by clerk A 1 (81) that the transaction was for Cash; and that it was supervised by cashier U 4 (64) and that the goods belonged to class No. 1.

ln the third transaction as interpreted by the printed information, four articles were sold for $601.75; the sale was made by clerk B 0 (90) the goods were sent C. O. 1).; the transaction was supervised by cashier C 4 (64) and the goods belonged to class 13.

Operating mechanism.

The means for imparting movement to the main cam shaft (Figs. 3, 10, 12, 16 and 20) may be either by hand operated crank or electric motor.

In Fig. 1 is shown an operating handle 51 having secured thereto a sleeve 52 loose on a stud 53 Fig. 16}. Fast on the'sleeve 52 is a pinion 54 meshing with a gear 55 which in turn meshes with a gear 56 on a shaft at the rear of sleeve 52 that meshes with another go r (n t shown) fast on the shaft 56. This mechanism is old and is shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States No. $33,639,

' granted to Thee. Carroll, on July 1, 1902.

When the machine is to be operated by an electric motor, a motor and mechanism for operating the same is used, such as that telly illustrated and described in the Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,144,418, granted to Chas. F. Kettering and A. Chryst on June 29, 1915. A portion of a motor and mechanism of this type is shown in Fig. 12 but will be described only briefly herein, as it is very fully illustrated and described in the above mentioned Kettering and Chryst patent. A motor of the above mentioned type is mounted on the rear frame 58. The motor armature shaft 58 supports a worm 60 meshing with a large worm gear 61 carrying the usual clutch 62. A clutch .arm 63 carrying a roller 64 is mounted on the back frame 58.

When the arm 63 is rocked and released from the clutch 62 by means to be hereinafter described, the clutch 62 rotates and rocks a member 65 which engages a roller 66 on a lever 67 and rocks said lever so that contact points 68 engage contact points 69 mounted on the motor frame 7,0 and cause the circuit to be closed whereby the worm 66 is revolved to rotate the worm gear 61. Secured to the shaft which carries the worm gear 61 is a beveled gear (not shown) meshing with another bevel gear? 1 fast on the shaft 50. Thus movement is imparted to the shaft 50 by the motor when the arm 63 is rocked to release the clutch 62.

The means for causing the arm 63 to be rocked comprises an arm 72 bifurcated to surround the roller 64:. Said arm is last on a shaft 7 3 mounted in side frames '4' 6 of the machine. Integral with the arm 72 is an arm 74 havin connected thereto one end of a coil spring 5 the other end being connected to a small rod carried by the frames 76. Fast on the shalt 7 3 is an arm 77 pivoted to one end of a link 7 8 which has an upwardly extending arm 79 pivoted to an arm 86 last on a shaft 81 mounted in the frames 76. The lower end of the link 78 is pivoted to an arm 83 pivoted at 84: to an arm 85 loose on a stud 86 carried by one of the frames 76. The arms 83 and 85 form a toggle and are held in the position shown by means ofa spring 87 stretched between the arm 85 and an upwardly extending arm 88 integral with the link 7 8. The operation of the above described mechanism is as follows: The shaft 81 when released, by means to be later described, is rocked counter-clockwise under ies the influence of the spring 75. The spring 75 also rocks the arm 74, shaft 73, and the arm 77 clockwise, and consequently the arm 72 is rocked likewise to raise the roller 6 64 and thereby rock the arm 63 to release the clutch 62. The clockwise movement of the arm 77 moves the link 78 to the left (Fig.

12) and rocks the arm 80 and shaft 81 counter-clockwise. This movement bf the link 78, with the 'help of the spring 87, causes the arm 83'to be rocked clockwise about the pivot 82 and the arm 85 to be rocked counterclockwise about the pivot 86. The arm 85 carries an anti-friction roller 89 which cooperates with a cam arm 90 secured to the cam shaft 50. Near the end of the operation of the machine it is desired vto restore the arm 63 to normal position. This is accomplished by the cam arm 90 engaging the roller 89 and rocking the arm 85 clockwise which moves the arm 83 counter-clockwise and causes the link 78 at the same time to be moved towards the rightito normal position thereby rocking the arm 77, the arm 74 and the arm 72 counter-clockwise to normal position whereby the arm 63 is restored to its normal position. The cam arm 90 is so designed that it moves the arms 83 and 85 in the directions as described, so that the point 84 passes below the center line between the points 82 and 86. This is what causes the link 78 to be moved towards the right. After the cam 90 has passed out of engage- -ment with the roller 89 the spring 87 returns the members to the, position shown in Fig. 12, in which position the toggle is broken. The means for releasing the shaft 81 comprises a motor key 95 (Figs. 1 and secured to the upper end of a link 96, the lower end of which is bifurcated to surround a stud 97 carried by one of the frames 76. The link 96 is provided with a guide slot 98 into which projects a stud 99 carried by one of the frames 76. The link 96 also carries a stud 100 which cooperates with a slot 101 in a detent 102 slidably mounted on the stud 99 and a similar stud 103. The detent 102 is provided with a flattened stud 104 which is normally engaged by the upper end of a pawl 105 mounted at 106 on an arm 107 fast on the shaft 81. Also mounted on the arm 107 at 108 is a pawl the stud 104. When the key 95 is depressed the pin 100 engages the slot 101 and moves the detent 102 upward whereby the pin 104 engages the upper end of the pawl 109 and rocks said pawl clockwise whereby the lower end of said pawl rides above the portion 110 of the pawl 105 thus preventing the pawl 105 from moving counter-clockwise a sufiicient distance to permit the stud 104 to become engaged between the upper end of the awl 109 and the upper end of the pawl 105 before the release key is fully depressed. As

109, the upper end of which cooperates with' soon as the stud 104 has passed ofl. from the upper end of the pawl 105 the shaft 81 is re- Keyboard and difierentz'al mechanism.

' The machine is provided with five banks of amount keys 115 and one bank of quantity keys 116. The shanks 117 and 118 of the keys 115 and 116', respectively, are slidably mounted in curved portions 119 of the frames 76 and are held in their normal position by springs 120 around the shanks 117 and 118. v

The differential mechanism will be but briefly described herein as it is fully shown and described in the above mentioned Cleal and Reinhard patent and in both of the above mentioned Carroll patents. It comprises a plurality of segments 125 (Fig. 10) each controlled by a bank of keys 115 and 116. When a key is depressed it lifts a corresponding detent 126 (Figs. 10 and 12) thereby permitting a retaining bar 127 for such detent, to be moved rearwardly under the action of its spring 128. This rearward movement of the retaining bar not only causes it to hold the detent and depressed key in the moved position but also serves to release and permit movement of the corresponding segment gear 125. Each of the segments 125 carries a latch 129. These latches are constructed normally to hold the segments 125 in whatever position they may be left at the end of an operation of the machine. When the cam shaft is given a rotation it causes an oscillatory movement of a shaft 130 by means of an arm 131, link 132 and arm 133. The arm 131 is fast on the shaft 50. The arm 133 is fast on the shaft 130. The arm 131 being shorter than the arm 133, a rotation of the shaft 50 merely causes an oscillation of the arm 133 through the link 132. Fast on the shaft 130 is a driving segment 134, one for each of the segments 125 and provided with shoulders 135 for engaging shoulders 138 on the latches 129 and through them lifting the segments 125 until the latches 129 are disengaged from the segments 134 by engagement of latch tripping members with the shanks 117 of the depressed keys. The segments 134 have downwardly extending arms 136 provided with flanges 137 for engaging shoulders 139 on the segments 125 when the arms 13.6 are moved upward. By this means such of the segments that are not in zero position. are returned to zero position and then such of the segments as are released by depressed keys will be rocked clockwise because of the engagement of the shoulders with the shoulders138 on the latches 129. The extent of upward movement of the segments 125 is determined by depressed keys which serve to unlatch the same from the segments 134 at the desired points, the segments 134 continuing their complete movementdndependently of the segments 125. The segments 125 mesh with intermediate gears 140 which in turn mesh with gears 141 loose on a shaft 142 mounted in the frames 76. Fast on each gear 141 is a pinion 143. Adjacent the pinion 1 13 is a pinion 144 connected to a totalizer wheel-1 15. A frame 146 "fast on a rod 147 carries a broad pinion 1 18 which meshes with both pinions 143 and 144.

Suitable means are provided for rocking the frame 146 so that the broad pinion 118 will be out of mesh with the pinions 143 and 144 on the return movement of the segments 125 but in mesh with these pinions on the forward movement of the segments 125. By this means the differential movements of the segments 125 are additively accumulated on the wheels as such amount is com municated in one direction only through the gears 1 10 and 1 11, the pinion 1413, and the broad pinion 14.8 and the the totalizer wheel 145.

Printing mechanism.

The printing mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 16 is substantially'the same as that shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 1,156,258, granted to E. J. Von Pain on October 12, 1915. Therefore, this mechanism will be but briefly described herein.

Fed from a supply roll 150 (Fig. 16) is a detail strip 151. Said strip is passed down ward and underneath rollers 152, mounted on studs 153 carried by a printer frame 151 and wound upon receiving roll 155. Be tween the rollers 153 is an impression platen 156 mounted in a block 157 pivoted on an arm 158 fast on shaft 159. The shaft 159 is caused to rock by a suitable means driven from the cam shaft 50.

Directly below the platen 156 and mounted upon a shaft 163 supported by the frame 15% and a frame 164 is a type line (Figs. 15 and 1c).

This type line, in part, comprises 5 amount type wheels 165 and 1 quantity type wheel 166 secured to the ends of nested sleeves 167 mounted upon the shaft 163.

Adjacent the type wheels 165 is a row of consecutive numbering type wheels 168 r. (Figs. 15 and 17) loose upon a turn-to-zero' pinion 1414, to'

suitable manner whereby through said focking. the pawl 172, through its engagement with the ratchets 170 causes the consecutive numbering type wheels 168 to be advanced in the usual step by step fashion. A consecutive numbering device of this type is shown in the above mentioned Carroll patent No. 703,639. To prevent retrograde -movement of the type wheels 168, each of the ratchets 170 has cooperating therewith a retaining pawl 173 (Fig. 17), pivotally mounted in a slotted rod 174, carried by the frames'l54 and 164.

Adjacent the consecutive operating type wheels v168, and mounted in the usual manner, is a set of date type wheels 17 5. These date wheels are adapted to be set in the usual manner through knurled knobs 176.

The means for inking the type wheels, just described, whereby a record may be printed upon the detail strip 151 comprises an inking ribbon 180 fed from a supply roll 181, around three rolls 182 mounted on studs 183 supported by the frames 154 and 164, and underneath stud 184 and wound upon a roll 185.

By referring to Fig. 1 an illustration of the printing from the type wheels 165, 166 and 168 will be seen. Taking for instance, the lowest line of printing, a designates the quantity of articles sold and is printed by type wheel 166; 601.75 represents the amount of the four articles sold and is printed upon the type wheels 165; 00130 designates the consecutive number and is printed by the type wheels 168. As is usual in the art, the detail strip 151 does not extend over the date type wheels 175, and consequently no date is printed on said strip.-

All of the type wheels 165, 166 and 168 are provided with two sets of type on their peripheries, one set of type cooperating with platen 156 whereby records are made upon the detail strip, as just described, the other set cooperating with platen 186 (Fig. 16), mounted in a block 187,-which is operated in the usual manner and causes said platen to make contact with thelower set of type on the type wheels 165, 166 and 168 and also to co-operate with the date type wheels 175. The lower set of type and the date type wheels are adapted to print on an in sorted slip or other paper, such as illustrated in Fig. 11. in this figure is illus trated exactly the same record at the top of the slip as that illustrated at the bottom of record strip in Fig. 1 except that the date is printed on the slip.

The amount type wheels 165 andthe quantity type wheel 166 (Fig. 15) are dif- From the above description, it will be.

clear that when thesegments 125 are differentially positioned under the control of the keys, as previously described, that through the pins 190 and slots 191, the arms 192 are rocked differentially according to the different positioning of the segments 125. The rocking of the arms 192 through the sleeves 193, segments 195 and gears 196, dlfi'erentially position the type Wheels 165 and 166, commensurate with the value of the keys depressed.

Record producing mechanism.

The mechanism for producing the perforated record strip previously described and illustrated in Fig. 9, will now be described.

First, that part of the mechanism which perforates the holes which interpret the quantity of articles sold and the amount of said articles will be described:

Practically all of the record producing mechanism is supported by two side frames 200, secured to the back frame 58 and the base of the machine.

The gears 140 (Fig. 10), which mesh with the segments 125, are secured to one end of nested sleeves 201 loose on a shaft 202, carried by the frames 76 and 200. Secured to the other ends of the sleeves 201 are se ments 203 and 204 (Figs. 1 3 and 20 There are five segments 203 and one segment 204. The segment 204 is on the largest sleeve 201. The segment 204 meshes with teeth 205 (Fig. 3) formed on a slide 206 provided with slots 207 and 208 which surround a rod 209 and a shaft 210 respectively. The segments 203 mesh with teeth 214 (Figs. 20 and 26) on slides 215, like the slides 206, provided with slots 216 and 217,

' which surround the rod 209 and the shaft 210 respectively. The shaft 210 is rotatably mounted in the frames 200. The rod 209 is carried by an arm 218 (Figs. 1 and 8), fast on the shaft 210 and an arm 219 (Figs. 1 2 and 4) also fast on said shaft. The slides 215 are provided with projections 220 which cooperate with one-half round portions 221 of punches 222 (Figs. 1 3 and 27). Secured to each of the slides 215 is a thin plate 223 (Fig. 26) and another plate 224 provided with projections 225, said (ojections cooperating with onehalf round portion 226 of the punches 227. The plate 223 is adapted to slide between the portions 221 and 226 as the slide 215 is being positioned.

e reason forcuttingpunches 222 and 227 so that their upper portions are only one-half round is because otherwise the projections 220 (Fig. 26) could not be posi tioned to make the combinations according to the diagram in Fig. 7. The slide 206 (Fig. 3) is provided with the double projections 220 and 225 in identically the same manner as the slides 215.

The upper ends of the punches 222 and 227 project through a plate 230 (Figs. 3, 20 and 27) mounted on a channel bar 231, supported by the frames 200. The lower ends of the punches project through holes in said channel bar. The punches are kept from dropping down by means of shoulders 232, intermediate their ends which rest on a U shaped plate 233, through which the punches project. Said late 233 has secured to ts ends paralle arms 234 (Figs. 1 3, 4, 8, 20 and 29). One of the arms 234 is pivoted upon the arm 219 and the other arm 234 is pivoted upon the arm 218 so that said arms 23.4 and the plate 233 form a basket which carries the punches 222 and 227. The shoulders 232 on the punches are long enough so that they will allow only a small clearance between the plate 230 and the plate 233, thereby preventing the punches from jumping up.

From the above description it will be clear that the gears 140 (Fig. 10) are differentially positioned by the segments 125 under the control of the keys 115 and 116,

and that through the sleeves 201 and segments 203 and 204, the slides 206 and 215 are differentially positioned commensurate with the value of the keys depressed.

The fAmount keys 115 control the positioning of the slides 215 and the Quantity keys 116 control the positioning of the slide 206. After the slides have been differentially positioned, as just described, and during the rotation of the shaft 50 a disk 237 (Figs. 2, 4 and 5), having in one side thereof, a cam slot 238, into which projects an anti-friction roller 239, acts on said roller and causes an arm 240 fast on shaft 210 and consequently said shaft and the arms 219 and 218 to be rocked in a clockwise direction (Figs. 4, 8 and 20) whereby the rod 209 carried by the arms 219 and 218 is moved downward and causes the slides 206 and 215 to be rocked clockwise (Fig. 3) with shaft 210 as a pivot for said slides whereby the projections 220 and 225, which happen to be above the portions 221 and 226' of the punches 222 and 227 engage said portions and cause the punches to be moved escapee downward thereby causing perforations to be made in the previously described record 'l he-hlank record paper rov1ded with square holes in the edges whic will be hereafter described, is fed. from a supply roll 241 (Fig. 8) up over a roller 242 and to the left underneath the channel bar 231 and over a roller 243, underneath said roller and wound on a receiving roll 244. The supply roll 241, rollers 242 and 243 and receivmg roll 244, are carried in a movable carriage to he hereinafter described. Between the rolls 242 and 243 the paper asses over a plate 228 (Figs. 3, 8 and provided with holes 229 which register with the punches 222, 227, 319, and 320, and punches 372 (Fig. 27) later referred to. The plate 228 is mounted upon a castin 235 mounted between the frames 200. T is casting is provided with a large opening 236. The plate 228 forms a support for the paper when the above mentioned punches are moved downward to perforate said paper. The small paper punchings drop through the hole 236 in' the casting 235 into a container 245 supported by pins 246 carried by the names 260.

As previously stated, the perforations in the record stripare interpreted on said strip by means oi legends printed from a set of type wheels. This set of type wheels interprets the Amount and Quantity perforations and comprises five Amount type wheels 247 (Fig. 22) and one Quantity type wheel 2448 (Figs. 3 and 22) loose on a sleeve 249 mounted on a shaft 256 supported by the frames 206.

The type wheels 247 carry numerals l to 9 and zero, the zeros being smaller than the numerals i to 9 for the purpose of emphasizin the numeral at the left hand end of mini are printed. in this connection attention is called to Fig. 9. The efiect produced is substantially the same as that obtained by eliminating the zeros to the left of numbers, and it is accomplished without the use of any added mechanism.

Secured to the side of each of the type wheels 247 is agear 251, which meshes with teeth 252 formed on the slide 215 (Fig. 26). Secured to the side of the type wheel 248 is a gear 253 (Figs. 3 and 22) which meshes with teeth 254 formed on slide 266..

From the above description, it can be seen that when slides 206 and 215 are difi erentially positioned under the control of the keys 115 and 116 that the type wheels 247 and 248 he set commensurate with the value of the keys depressed. (lo-operating with the type wheels 247 and 248 is a resilient platen 255 (Figs. 3 and 27) adjust-ably mounted in a channel. bar 256 carried by parallel arms 257 fast on a shaft 258 supported by the frames 200. Also fast on shaft 258 is an arm (Figs. 3, 4 and 5) which has pivoted to its lower end a. itnlan 260 the upper end of which. is bi cated to surround shaft Pitman 260 carries an anti-friction roller 264 which projects into a cam race 265, formed in the side of the disk 237. The configuration of the cam race 265 is such that the pitman 260 is first moved upward in the direction of its length, thereby rocking the arm 259, shaft 258 and arms 257 in a clockwise direction, whereby the platen 255 engages a plate 27 8 carrying an ink pad 277, to be hereinafter described, and presses said pad 277 against the type wheels 247 and 248 to ink them after which the platen 255 and the ink pad 277 are returned to normal position. The platen 255 is again raised and en- 'gages the underside of the record strip 8) and presses said strip against type wheels 247 and 248,, thereby causing an interpreta tion of the perforations for that particular operation of the machine, to be printed on the record strip, after which the platen 255 is lowered to its normal position, away from the record strip and type wheels.

Means for aligning the .iype wheels 2 47 and 248 while taking an impression therefrom comprises, a cam slot 266 formed in the pitman 266 into which projects a pin 267 carried by an arm 268 loose on a shaft 269 supported by the frames 2%. Secured to the arm 268 by means of a huh is an arm 270 engaged by a pin 271 carried by an arm 272 fast on shalt 269.. The pin 271 is held in engagement with the arm 276 (Figs. 5 and 14) by a torsion spring 273, one end of which presses against the pin 271 and the other end lies in a groove or" the arm 276. is a yoke 274, the other end of which is integral with the arm 275 (Fig. fast integral with the arm 272 l on the shaft 269. The yoke 274 is provided with projections 27 6, adapted to engage the gears 251 and 253. This engagement is caused by the action of the cam slot 266 upon the arm 268, causing said arm 268and the arm 27 0 to be rocked clockwise, (Fig.

4), whereby the arms 272 and 275 under the influence of the spring 271 follow up the movement of the arms 268 and 27 2 thereby causing projections to engage the gears 251 and 253, whereby said gears and consequently the type wheels are held to prevent movement during the time the impression is taken therefrom Toy the platen 255.

Means for inking the type wheels coroprises, an inking pad 277 mounted on plate 278 pivoted at 279 (Fig. 6) and on an arm 280 and at 281 (Fig. 20) on an arm 282, said'arms being made integral by a yoke 283. These arms are loose on the shaft 250.

The plate 278 is held in normal position by a spring plunger 284 supported by formed portions 285 of the arm Pivoted to said arm 280 is the lower end of a pitman 286, the upper end of which is b1- furcated to surround the shaft 50. Said pitman carries an anti-friction roller 287 projecting'into a cam race 288 formed 1n the side of a disk 289 (Figs. 3, 6 and 14) fast on shaft 50.

The configuration of the race 288 is such that the pitman 286 is moved upward and then downward to normal position. The upward movement rocks the arms 280 and 282 clockwise to position the lnk pad 277 in proper relation with the type wheels 247 and 248 after which the platen 255 engages the plate 278, as described above, and presses the pad 277 against the type wheels thus causing them to be inked so that an lmpression may be made therefrom upon the record strip. The downward movement of the pitman 286 to normal position rocks the arms 280 and 282 clockwise to normal posltion thereby restoring the inking pad to normal position. As before stated, the machme herein described is designed not only to produce a perforated record of the quantity of articles sold and the amount of said articles but also to cause a classification of said amounts, or, in other words, to classify-them such as Clerk making the sale, Kind of transactions, Cashier who supervised the sale and Particular class of goods sold. These classifications are printed upon the detail strip indicated in Fig. 1 and upon the inserted slip (Fig. 11). In addition to making perforated classifications of the transactions involved, legends interpreting said perforations are also printed upon the perforated record strip illustrated in Fig. 9.

The means for controlling the classification of any particular transaction comprises, a set of manually operated levers 295 arranged in four groups comprising 6 levers (Figs. 1 23 and 24), one lever 296, one lever 297 and two levers 298. These levers project through slots 299 in a portion 300 of the cabinet. Inscribed on the cabinet 300 adjacent the first six slots 299 counting from the left (Fig. 1 are the numerals 0 59. These characters 00 to 59 represent 60 different classes of goods. Adjacent the seventh slot are inscribed C0 to C9,

which represent the different cashiers. Ad

j went the Cash-0, OED-4,

ei hth slot are the inscriptions C R 1, OOD 2 SOA 3, Erich-5, ALL-6, BET-7, Trans-8 and Part Pay-9. These inscriptions represent various transactions, such as-Cash, Credit, Collect on delivery, Sent on approval, etc. Inscribed adjacent to the ninth slot are, A0 to A9 and adjacent the tenth slot are inscribed B0 to B9. These inscriptions adjacent the ninth and tenth slots represent the various clerks.

Each of the levers 295, 296, 297 and 298 is integral with a crescent shaped late 301 (Figs. 3, 8, 23, 24 and 25). The p ates 301 are secured to levers 302' loose on a rod 303, supported by trunnion screws 304 in the frames 200. The levers 302, with exception of one, are bent to get the desired lateral spacing on the rod 303. Sleeves 305 and 306 prevent lateral movement of the levers.

Each of the levers 302 has secured to a side thereof a plate 310 having teeth meshing with teeth 312 formed on slides 313 having slots 314 and 315 which surround the rod 209 and shaft 210 in identically the same manner as the previously described.

slides 206 and 215. The slides 213 are provided with projections 316 and 317 separated by a thin plate 318 and located substantially the same as the projections on the slide 215 illustrated in Fig. 26. These projections cooperate with the punches 319 and 320, which punches are identically the same as punches 222 and 227, as prevlously described.

From the above description it will be clear that when one of the levers 295, 296, 297 and 298 is moved down in a slot 299 (Fig. 1) that the plate 310 associated therewith is rocked clockwise (Fig. 20) thereby moving the slide 313 to positlon the projections 316 and 317 thereon to control the operation of the punches 319 and 320. After the slide has been positioned, as just described, it will, when the shaft 210 is rocked, as previously described, be moved downward whereby the projections 316 and 317 which register with the punches will force said punches down and perforate the record stri commensurate with the value of the 1- tion to which the lever 295, 296, 297 .or 298 has been set.

The first lever 295 on the left hand side (Fig. 1") controls the slide which operates the punches which perforate holes in the first column on the right hand side (Fig. 9) of the record strip. The second eve-r controls the perforations in the second column from the right and the third lever on the left (Fig. 1*) controls the perforations in the third column from the right (Fig. 9) and so on through the rest of the levers. The right hand lever 298, (Fig. 1*) controls the perforations in the tenth columnfrom the right (Fig. 9).

Means is provided for retaining the levers in position after the machine is started, thereby preventing the slides 313 from being moved out of proper alignment with the punches. This means comprises a series of V shaped notches 32.4 (Fig. 20) formed in the back side of the plates 310. Engaged in one of the notches 324 in each of the plates 310 is a pawl 325 loose on the shaft 202 and held in engagement with said notches by springs 326 pressed between said pawls and a yoke integral with parallel 

